Comparisons
a comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
the time and place of a story
What is setting?
The claim about a topic, which then must be supported by reasons and evidence, for the purpose of explaining, analyzing, or persuading
What is a thesis statement?
descriptive language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
a comparison not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
Person versus society
Person versus person
Person versus fate
What is external conflict?
how an author develops a character's personality and traits (often through dialogue, action, details, or direct description)
What is characterization?
An appeal to the audience's sense of logic and reasoning
What is logos?
the author's attitude toward the subject and/or the audience
What is tone?
something concrete which represents both itself and something abstract
What is a symbol?
Marjane; Scout; Walter Mitty
What is protagonist?
the struggle or problem that the main character faces (e.g., person v. society, person v. person, person v. nature, etc.)
What is conflict?
An author's name and page number (or, for the Regents, a Text # and Line #) in parentheses, following a direct quote or paraphrase
What is an in-text, or parenthetical, citation?
the feeling evoked in the reader
What is mood?
giving human qualities to animals or objects
What is personification?
Creon arrives at the tomb to free Antigone, but the audience knows she is already dead.
What is dramatic irony?
the perspective from which a a story is told (1st person, 3rd person limited/omniscient)
What is point of view?
An appeal to the audience's emotions
What is pathos?
a character who changes over the course of the story
What is dynamic character?
two concepts, characters, places, etc., put near or next to each other to create meaning by way of contrast
What is juxtaposition?
One should not deny reality to preserve polite appearances at the expense of others.
What is theme or central idea?
the underlying message or deeper meaning conveyed by a piece of writing
What is theme or central idea?
An explanation of why the counterclaim is incorrect, inaccurate, or otherwise not valid
What is rebuttal or refutation?
A situation turns out the opposite of what is expected
What is situational irony?